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Tennisster Gauff uitgeschakeld in Madrid

MADRID (ANP) - Tennisster Coco Gauff is er niet in geslaagd de kwartfinales van het toernooi in Madrid te bereiken. De Amerikaanse nummer 3 van de wereld verloor in drie sets van de Tsjechische Linda Noskova, de nummer 13 van de wereld. Het werd 6-4 1-6 7-6(5) voor Noskova.

Gauff bereikte zondag nog met grote moeite de laatste zestien in Madrid. Ze stond ziek op de baan en moest zelfs braken, maar vocht zich terug van een set achterstand tegen de Roemeense Sorana Cirstea en won in drie sets: 4-6 7-5 6-1.


FT: Google-personeel verzet zich tegen militaire inzet AI door VS

SAN FRANCISCO (ANP) - Honderden Google-medewerkers hebben een open brief ondertekend gericht aan topman Sundar Pichai over het gebruik van AI-technologie door de Amerikaanse regering, schrijft de Financial Times. Ze willen dat Pichai weigert de regering Googles AI-technologie te laten gebruiken voor geheime militaire operaties.

"We willen dat AI de mensheid ten goede komt, niet dat het wordt gebruikt op onmenselijke of extreem schadelijke manieren", staat in de brief die volgens FT door meer dan 560 medewerkers van Google is ondertekend. "Dit omvat dodelijke autonome wapens en massasurveillance, maar gaat nog verder."

De stap volgt op een geschil tussen de Amerikaanse regering en AI-bedrijf Anthropic. Het Pentagon wilde onbeperkt gebruikmaken van de AI-systemen van Anthropic, dat veel opzien baart met zijn geavanceerde modellen. Maar Anthropic stelt als voorwaarde dat zijn technologie niet wordt ingezet voor het massaal in de gaten houden van de Amerikaanse bevolking en volledig autonome wapens.

Anthropic

Daarop deed de Amerikaanse overheid Anthropic in de ban, door het bedrijf aan te merken als veiligheidsrisico binnen de toeleveringsketen. President Donald Trump gaf alle federale instanties opdracht om onmiddellijk te stoppen met het gebruik van de kunstmatige intelligentie van Anthropic.

Volgens FT reageert het personeel van Google op berichten dat Google op het punt staat afspraken overeen te komen met het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie. Die afspraken zouden het mogelijk maken dat AI-tool Gemini wordt gebruikt in geheime operaties zonder de voorwaarden die Anthropic eiste.

"De enige manier om te garanderen dat Google niet in verband wordt gebracht met dergelijke schade is door alle geheime opdrachten af te wijzen", staat in de brief.


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“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in...

“Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, often found in plastic, coupled with climate change’s effects…are each linked to reductions in fertility and fecundity across global species – including in humans.” Argh, no one wants a Children of Men prequel…

Hoe is het nu met? Jennifer Lopez (56)

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Nou ze waardeert dat u het vraagt en 't gaat blijkbaar goed. En nee, haalt het allemaal niet bij wat u op de bank heeft zitten. Maar mocht u haar toch een dm waard vinden: ze is na vier huwelijken sinds de laatste scheiding van Ben Affleck in 2024 weer op zoek. Ze houdt van muziek, hobby's, en misschien bent u wel het laatste stukje. En nu we het er toch over hebben, u moet kiezen: Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek of Sophia Vergara, poll onderstaand.

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‘Sense of disbelief’: how the White House press dinner attack unfolded - The Latest

Details about the shooting at the White House correspondents' gala have started to surface as the alleged shooter is set to be charged. The suspect was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior officials were gathered, before law enforcement officers stopped him. It happened less than two years after the US president was the target of an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a subsequent attempt at a golf course in Florida. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith, who was in attendance

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King Charles to meet Trump off camera over fears of Zelenskyy-style clash

British officials push for White House meeting to be held privately, wary of repeat of scenes involving Ukraine leader

King Charles will be spared the potential humiliation of being upbraided in public by Donald Trump this week after the White House agreed that any meeting between the two men should be held off camera.

British officials have pushed for the Oval Office meeting between the monarch and the US president to be held off camera for fear of a repeat of the scenes when Trump berated the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in front of the world’s press.

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Taylor Swift files trademarks for voice and image amid concern over AI misuse

The singer’s company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategy

Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and image in a move seemingly designed to protect against AI misuse.

On 24 April, Swift’s company TAS Rights Management filed three trademark applications, Variety reports. Two of these are sound trademarks which cover Swift saying the phrases “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift” and “Hey, it’s Taylor.”

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Melania Trump urges ABC to ‘take a stand’ against Jimmy Kimmel over monologue

First lady accuses the comedian of ‘hateful and violent rhetoric’ in aftermath of White House press dinner shooting

In the aftermath of the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting, Melania Trump accused Jimmy Kimmel of “hateful and violent rhetoric” and said it was “time for ABC to take a stand” against the comedian who has long been critical of Donald Trump and his policies.

The first lady appeared to be referring to a monologue by Kimmel broadcast on Thursday, well before the Saturday attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner, in which he referred to Melania Trump as an “expectant widow” in a speech otherwise largely about the Trumps’ connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

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EU faces ‘China shock’ as EV imports drive Beijing’s record surplus with bloc

China sold goods worth about $148bn to EU in first quarter of year, but imported just $65bn

The EU is experiencing a prolonged “China shock” as a flood of Chinese EVs into Europe helped push Beijing to a record surplus with the bloc.

New data showed China’s trade surplus – where its exports to the EU exceeded imports from the bloc – was $83bn (£61bn) in the first three months of 2026.

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Indiase multinational met engelengeduld heeft 12 miljard dollar over voor Organon uit Oss

Van alle Indiase farmaceutische bedrijven is Sun Pharma misschien wel het meest gehaaide. Wat 43 jaar geleden begon als kleine medicijnhandelaar, is nu een wereldwijd opererende speler die het ene na het andere bedrijf binnenhaalt. Zo ook het van oorsprong Nederlandse Organon.


Zweven boven de wc-bril op de Dixi: op Koningsdag zoeken vrouwen naar alternatieven

Het aanbieden van een schoon toilet kan flink geld opleveren op Koningsdag. Mannen plassen in een urinoir of tegen een boom. Voor vrouwen en mensen die op een wc willen zitten is het een zegen. „Plasnood mag niet uitgemolken worden.”

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Hadjar on Red Bull and the daunting second seat

Lawrence Barretto sits down with Isack Hadjar to chat about life at Red Bull, faith in his racing ability and a passion for astronomy.

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Friendster rises from the grave to make social media great again

No ads, no algorithm, and you actually have to physically tap phones to add a friend

It's been more than a decade since social media platform Friendster went dark, but a new owner has brought it back from the dead - sort of - with the hope he can give exhausted users of modern platforms a reprieve. …

AI reality check: Here's what three companies learned building wallets, homes, and games

Executives from Citi, Home Depot, and Capcom describe early work with AI agents

While AI agents have moved from experimental tools to customer-facing workers in a matter of months, the next challenge is governance and reliability once those agents touch real money, real shoppers, and real creative output.…

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Early Setbacks for Russian Mercenaries as Conflict Flares in Mali, MT Analysis Shows

Mali's largest coordinated attacks in more than a decade dealt a staggering blow to the central government — and to the Russian forces helping it.

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A 'Game Show' That's Basically Dropout For Word Nerds Is The Funniest Thing I've Watched In Years slKotaku)

As the author of the article says, there is no streaming service for this show in North America. But you can see a lot of the episodes on YouTube. S2E1 - Hannah Gadsby, Lloyd Langford, Nina Oyama S2E5 - Becky Lucas, Alexei Toliopoulos, Tony Martin ...just for a few examples This is one of those shows that Shepherd and I now watch when we need a silly palate cleanser from, well, everything.

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Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City

Over the course of two decades, Queens resident Joe Macken meticulously built an entire city from the ground up. In fact, he built New York City—the whole thing—one building, house, and bridge at a time. Now, his expansive scale construction is on view in He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model at the Museum of the City of New York.

Macken began working on the 50-by-27-foot model in 2004, first in Middle Village, Queens, before moving to Clifton Park, New York. It comprises 340 individual sections, each built from everyday materials like cardboard and glue, with many of the buildings constructed of balsa wood and detailed with pencil and paint. He completed the structure in 2025, and it’s now on long-term view at the museum, where visitors can walk around it and are encouraged to use binoculars to find familiar buildings and neighborhoods.

a detail of a steam ship and an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey. All images courtesy of the artist and the Museum of the City of New York, shared with permission

You may also enjoy the “Panorama of the City of New York” at the Queens Museum, which was completed in 1964 and took a team of more than 100 people about three years to complete.

visitors to the Museum of New York look over an expansive handmade model of the city
Photo by Filip Wolak
a detail of an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey
a detail of a steam ship in an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey
A young visitor to the Museum of New York looks over an expansive handmade model of the city
Photo by Filip Wolak
a detail of a steam ship and an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey
a detail of a steam ship and an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey
a detail of a steam ship and an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey
a detail of a steam ship and an expansive, hand-built scale model of New York City
Photo by David Lurvey

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Joe Macken Spent 21 Years Hand-Assembling a Vast Model of New York City appeared first on Colossal.

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